Excerpt from Diffusion Against Centralization: A Lecture Delivered Before the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics' Association, on Its Third Anniversary, January 6, 1852American stamp. Of the numerous schemes projected at the present day for the diffusion of, knowledge, there is perhaps none so well calculated as this to win the popular favor, and to administer to the popular improvement. It brings out of the university, the study and the cabinet their accumulated stores of know ledge, and distributes them broad-cast to who: ever will receive. It introduces a community of property in the great domain of learning, gives circulation to the thoughts of gifted men.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.